Covid-19: The World in Crisis! Edtech Solutions for Schools & Teachers

An overview

It's no longer fake news as the typical Naija man calls it!

Coronavirus, in a space of three months, has devastated the world!

From Seoul to Milan, streets have been turned lone paths;  parks are vacant and schools shuttered!

...Washington post

Major sporting events across the globe has been suspended! Sportsmen and women have been affected! Doctors are dying; country leaders are not safe!

Even Trump had to undergo a test!

Thousands of 'healthy' citizens of the world have been cut off in their prime, yet no cure is near.

Our world has never had it this bad...

Could this be the beginning of sorrow!

May God, in His mercy, save our world!

Global Crisis, Social Changes and the Technology of things

Possibly, no one predicted coronavirus, but we know the world is definitely going to witness so many social changes and uncertainties that would call for a change of guard for survival.

Think of the following:

Disease outbreak

Security challenges

Macroeconomic collapse

Religious crisis and domination

Social crisis

Moral decadence

Space control etc

I have always maintained that the current system we run is not sustainable. It's not all about coronavirus. There are so many other social changes that would force us to change our guard...

I have always known this as an intuitive management scholar and a social analyst. I had predicted that a time comes when parents would be forced to withdraw their wards from the offline school system as a result of many social-economic ills that would befall the world. Online classes would thrive.

Recommended Reading: 6 Reasons why Every 21st Century Teacher should Teach Online

All the foregoing changes would affect businesses, employment, education etc. The most hit would be education. And this is where our interest lies in this discourse.

Coronavirus and its toll on education delivery

Schools are shutting down (though temporarily) across the globe. This is part of the efforts to stem the viral spread of this deadly virus.

Have you asked???

Who loses when schools are shut down?

•  School owners?
•  Teachers?
•  Learners?

At the primary level, school owners, teachers and learners lose.

At the secondary level, the parents and the general public suffers the blow of a lengthy period of shut down!

 Learners

✔ Psychological downturn

✔ Complete loss of interest

✔ Antisocial behaviour that could lead to terminal losses.

School owners

✔ No parent pays tuition when schools are shut down as a result of social crisis.

✔ Many of your learners who leave during the shut would never return. Parents would start planning for alternative options.

Teachers

✔ No school owner pays you when schools are shut down for a long period.

✔ Such social crisis would affect employment even in other sectors, making it hard for you to 'switch over'

Our Greatest Problem in Africa: Docility

There is this feeling around- 'nothing dey happen'! 'We dey kamkpe'  'God loves the blacks'

You could see that false feeling all around us.

No plan! No campaign! No sensitization program among educators and learners! No plan B!

Let me tell you...

If Coronavirus hits us, schools would be completely shut down. Not only that, there would be no home lesson as well.

 Aside Coronavirus, High level insecurity is imminent. It's going to be so much that school buses would be waylaid, students hostels burgled etc.

Parents would be so afraid to send their wards to school.

The imminent macroeconomic collapse would have a devastating effects on parents too...

At last!

Parents would seek for alternative means of educating their children. That's when the cookie would get crumbled!

Many schools would shut down permanently!

Many teachers would turn beggars!

And this can only happen because we cared little about problem solving in times of crisis.

What's the only sustainable solution?

THE TECHNOLOGY OF THINGS

For those in business, it's called online business, ecommerce, emarketing, digital wealth creation etc.

For those in education, it is called edtech , digital literacy , e-learning , tech-driven education, online classes etc

If these social crisis continue...

• ·       No one visits the offline market, everyone would order online.

Do you have online store?

• ·       No one would go to brick and mortar schools. Everyone would learn online.

Do you have an online class/college?

How prepared are you to face the uncertainties of this digital revolution?

Of course, this is not time to *panic*! But time to *plan*!

Ask yourself: In the event of business disruption as a result of Coronavirus, insecurity,

macroeconomic collapse and other social crisis, what plans do I have to stay afloat while the crisis last?

Just think! Whether as a school owner or a teacher.

Global Report: Taking Proactive Measures in the face of Sudden Changes

This is a report from one of the universities in China, in response to the Coronavirus outbreak:

Tsinghua University, rather than wait for the epidemic to end, decided to shift all its courses online.

In what is the first time in history that an elite, traditional, campus-based university has moved classes totally online, the faculty members deliver their lectures or teaching through an online learning platform – the Rain Classroom – and video conference platforms and have tried out many different technologies to enable better interaction with students.

So far the entire online teaching programme has gone smoothly, thanks to the enormous efforts of every stakeholder, ie, the university leadership, faculty members, staff and students.

Further reports revealed that both teachers and students are enjoying the entire new way of teaching and learning!

You heard it! They're not waiting for the epidemic to end.They simply discovered a better route and run along.

Here in Africa, we are probably waiting for these social crisis to hit us hard before we take a decisive move!

We are not being proactive. And that's not good enough.

With these free tools and a functional online class, get all your teachers and students enrolled.

Start using the class minimally so that parents can appreciate them.

In that case, in the event of any disruption in the system as a result of any social crisis, you can assure parents that nothing is lost, since online class is not affected. At such, no parents withdraws a child or refuses to pay for tuition.

They can only praise ’the management of my child's school for being proactive'!

Do you see the trick!

Technology of Things: Being Proactive to the Current Social Crisis

Whether it's epidemics, war, insecurity, economic downturn or any other social crisis situation, technology has a way to ease things up for everyone.

School Owner

Don't allow parents to discover the *technology of things* before you integrate it into your school system. Should that happen, you would be losing those parents and a huge student population.

If you fail to embrace *edtech* now, you would lose many of your tech savvy educators who would finally find out that they stand a better chance working for themselves rather than working for you.

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How schools can kickstart e-learning on a low budget

As a Google expert, I will recommend *Google tools* and *video creation tools* for a start.

How it works

1⃣ Create an online class with Google Classroom. You can create for different classes or even for different subjects. There is no limit.

2⃣ Work with other basic Google tools: Google Drive, Google Forms, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slide, Google Hangout.

Note: We have training videos and training classes on all these, in case you need help.

3⃣ Train your teachers and students on video creation and editing.

We can also help you here

Read this: Effective Use of Google Tools as e-learning solution

Teacher

Don't wait until your teaching job is gone before you realize you could have been an online teacher.

Learn how to create digital contents for monetization.

Prepare for the days ahead. Parents would soon seek for alternative education provision for their wards. They would nonetheless need a facilitator. That could be you, only if you're ready.

Aside that, if your school suddenly go the *tech* way and you're tech novice, you've lost it.

Do you know how to create digital contents?

Are you tech savvy?

Do you have what it takes to survive the blow of the imminent social crisis across the globe?

If you can't boldly say *YES* to these questions, I advise you to do any or all of the following:

1. Join our Google Tools Masterclass 2.0  (Promo Price: ₦2500 )

2. Get the eBook: HOW to SUCCEED as a TEACHER in a DIGITAL REVOLUTION

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Final Word

Do not allow Coronavirus to catch you.Be the one to crush it!

May God in His mercy, heal our world!